Cost of Growing Potatoes 307 



Place — Minnesota. 



Authority — Bulletin 48, Bureau of Statistics, by Hays 

 and Parker. 



The cost of producing potatoes, under garden condi- 

 tions, is given on pages 308 and 309. 



Cost of hauling 



Potatoes are a bulky crop and the cost of hauling is 

 no inconsiderable item. Andrews ^ says : " In many ways 

 they are hauled under conditions similar to those under 

 which grain is hauled, and the average cost per 100 pounds 

 for hauling potatoes from farms to shipping pomts is the 

 same as for wheat and 2 cents more than for oats, corn 

 or barley. 



"The averages for the United States are affected more 

 by the figures for the north Atlantic and north central 

 states than by the other states and the territories, since 

 about three-fourths of the potato crop of the United 

 States is produced east of the Rocky ]\Iountains and 

 north of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and southern 

 boundaries of Missouri and Kansas. 



"The average cost of hauling from farms to shipping 

 points in this region is 9 cents per 100 pounds, or 5.4 

 cents per bushel. The lowest average cost is for three 

 counties in Rhode Island, where an average of three trips 

 per day is made to and from shipping points, and the 

 highest average cost in the north Atlantic and north 

 central states is in South Dakota, where the average 

 time of round trip between farm and shipping point is 

 longer than one working day." 



' Andrews. Cost of Hauling Crops from Farms to Shipping Points. 

 U. S. D. A., Bureau of Statistics, Bui. 49. 



